Sentence examples for degradation pressure from inspiring English sources

These highly protected regions were generally those that receive low levels of land degradation pressure, such as montane grasslands and shrublands.

Regarding unsustainable charcoal land use in the Kilosa and Lindi projects, we assumed that one ha under deforestation and degradation pressure is cleared for charcoal production within one year extracting about 28tdm/haa.

Many grassland soils have undergone considerable management intensification and are subject to degradation pressures.

As degradation pressures including climate change continue to alter the hydrological features of soil systems in areas such as the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, and the sodicity of soils in some areas increases, Melaleuca species could offer a useful option for reforestation and rehabilitation initiatives.

Currently, two theories exist to explain the psychological phenomenon of performance degradation under pressure: the distraction theory and the explicit-monitoring theory.

In addition, a future study quantitatively examining the degradation in pressure relief of various orthoses as a function of time would inform guidelines for replacement/reimbursement.

Permeability is a fundamental material property for characterizing concrete durability because it determines the penetration of aggressive substances responsible for degradation under a pressure gradient.

Factors that lead to land degradation are population pressure, overgrazing, deforestation, crop cultivation expansion on steep slope and severe soil loss in Ethiopia (Bishaw 2001; Taddese 2001; Tamene and Vlek 2008; Hurni et al. 2010; Gashaw et al. 2014).

This finding corroborates with results from other studies that reported small landholdings, land degradation, and population pressure as the major causes of vulnerability to disasters in other parts of Ethiopia (Rahmato, 2007; Tesso et al., 2012; Maxwell et al., 2013).

Low-intensity farming systems are of great importance for biodiversity in Europe, but they are often affected by soil degradation or economic pressure, leading to either land abandonment or intensification of agriculture.

In Machakos, land degradation and population pressure instigated a transformation to more commodified agriculture, including enclosures, in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s (Jordan 1957; Pereira and Beckeley 1952; Tiffen et al. 1994), a transformation that was less degrading of the land as reflected in the title of Tiffen et al.'s book More People – Less Erosion.